54. The sin of arrogance

"Is this the legendary Splendid Valley?"

Dornan's group, who were wandering around the Pandaria continent, rode behind docile goats, and under the leadership of traveling scholar Zhou Zhuo, they were entering the Splendid Valley that had been opened a few days ago from the gate of the gods of Kunlai Mountain.

The goats that the children ride are bought from the Panda Man Farm in the Valley of the Four Winds, which is also the most vibrant Mid-Levels Market, these unique mounts of the Panda People are very docile, and they are shorter than the war horses, and the weight carrying capacity is particularly strong, which is very suitable for girls and children.

Little Anduin and Sarandia rode together with a black goat, and the little prince looked left and right at the stone carvings around the Gate of the Gods, and he asked the traveling scholar Zhou Zhuo curiously:

"Zhou Zhuo, this is the legendary valley of the panda people, but why are the stone carvings here all the demon ancients?"

Faced with Anduin's question, Zhou Zhuo smiled and touched his beard, and the traveling scholar explained to the children:

"Because the civilization of the Panda Man Empire was built in the ruins after the collapse of the Mogu Empire, we inherited the civilization and culture of the Mogu people, and the Splendid Valley, which used to be the capital of several Mogu emperors, when you get to the Golden Lotus Pavilion for a while, you can still see the two huge sculptures left by the Mogu people in the mountains of the Splendid Valley, which are the pinnacle of the skills of the Mogu stonemasons."

"And there are two palaces in the easternmost part of the Splendid Valley, according to the records of the traveling scholars, that one is not called the Seven Star Hall and the Double Moon Palace, which is also the former palace of the Mogu Emperor, and the last few remaining branches of Pandalia still retain their own civilization of the Mogu clan, it is said that they have been living in the Splendid Valley, isolated from the world... They also retain some of the customs of the Mogu Empire, and it is said that they occupy the palace of the last Mogu Emperor, oh, right next to the Hall of the Seven Stars. ”

Looking at the unique scenery of the surrounding Splendid Valley with great interest, the scholar said to the children:

"Legend has it that the water of the Splendid Valley has a magical effect, it is the water blessed by the gods, as long as it touches the earth, it will make the earth very fertile, you have seen the panda people's farms in the Valley of the Four Winds before, when necessary, those farms that are irrigated by the water from the Splendid Valley can even achieve a one-day harvest."

"Yes, we've met..."

Vanessa, who was wearing a sunhat, had just finished the treatment and purification of the Supreme Celestial, and the Assassin Lady was still a little weak, so Betelia held it in her arms, and the two rode behind a sturdy Mushan beast.

This lizard-like beast is also one of the camel beasts domesticated by the panda people, and this Mushan beast has a particularly strong ability to walk with heavy loads.

"The farms in the Valley of the Four Winds are simply a treasure that all kings dream of, and according to your way of farming, it only takes a few months of cultivation to get enough food to feed the people of a country."

Vanessa sighed:

"You are so lucky that the Dark Blade sheltered you in a critical moment, otherwise the farms in the Valley of the Four Winds alone would have been enough to provoke the covetousness of the Empire and other forces."

"Golden leaves! Golden fruit! And the golden... Uh, what is it? ”

Little Yuna, who stayed with the children, didn't have so many complicated thoughts, she rode behind Arceus, running back and forth around this huge team, picking up some strange things on the ground from time to time, probably because it was harvest season, and now the land of Splendid Valley was golden, full of leaves and fruits, golden and beautiful.

And Yuna also found something strange in the shroud of the leaves, that thing looked like a golden carrot, Yuna suddenly became interested, she jumped down from behind the soul deer, grabbed the carrot, tried to pull it out of the ground, but as soon as she grabbed the carrot, Yuna saw several of them running out of the cave under the ground... Rabbit.

"Yikes! It's a bunny! Cute bunny! ”

The little ghost screamed, threw the carrot in his hand aside, and reached out to grab the little rabbit demons who were screaming and jumping around, these cute white rabbit demons are also a specialty of the Pandaria continent, they look like ordinary rabbits, but they walk upright, and like the monkeys that steal chickens and dogs, the rabbit demons have their own intelligence, but they can't control their wildness.

What's worse is that these little guys have the same terrible ability to reproduce as real rabbits, and in the farms of the Valley of the Four Winds, the panda people and farmers hate these rabbit demons everywhere, and there are almost hundreds of rabbit demons killed by the panda people in Pandalia every year.

A few minutes later, Yuna, covered in mud, returned triumphantly back to the children with a fat rabbit demon, and she lifted the rabbit demon in her hand, which was still struggling, and shouted to the other children:

"Eat rabbit tonight! The rabbit is cute and delicious! ”

"Stupid Yuna, that's a rabbit demon, a rabbit demon can't be eaten! Don't put it away! ”

"Ahh Can't you eat a bunny demon? But it looks like a rabbit... If you can eat it, just pluck it out and roast it..."

"Yikes! Stupid, throw it away! It's staining my skirt, throw it away! ”

The screams and fights of the children add a touch of joy to the team, and in the nearby mountains, some pandas who have had to hide in the Fairview Valley due to the invasion of the mantis demon have already started farming nearby, and the soil of this valley is so fertile that the pandas who live here do not have to worry about freezing and starving.

And in the eastern part of the Splendid Valley, among the three huge palaces built by the mountain, the rulers of the panda people who came here first, that is, the panda priests of the Golden Lotus Sect, have begun to use the Splendid Valley as a new office location, and began to plan the war against the invasion of the mantis demon, the undead soldiers of the Dark Blade Legion are now guarding the dragon spine instead of the panda monks, and the invading mantis demon is blocked from the dragon spine, and it is rare for reinforcements to arrive, so the warrior monks of the Golden Lotus Sect and the Shadow Trace Sect, He began to plan to regain the land of the mantis plateau that had been invaded from the mantis demon.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, as if the fog has opened and this has no effect on the life of the panda people... But in fact, this is not the case, Pandaria, who has been isolated from the world for 10,000 years, will inevitably integrate into the current world of Azeroth, once this time the Mantis Demon War is over, what awaits the panda people civilization will be a great change that has not been seen in 10,000 years.

At that time, the future fate of this continent will be truly determined.

However, the pandas who work here do not realize that they are now sitting on a "crater" that is about to ignite, and they may be completely burned to death by the magma erupting from the ground at any time.

In the Mogu Mountain Palace between the Double Moon Hall and the Seven Star Palace, at the bottom of the palace occupied by the last three Mogu clans, in the passage excavated by the local lizardmen bandits for stealing treasures in the Mogu Ancient Treasure Vault, hundreds of meters deep, in the earth secret room that was hundreds of meters deep, something extremely dangerous for the entire Pandalia was quietly happening.

Benedictas was in a wheelchair with a calm face, without the slightest hint of the excitement of getting the final result he longed for, his wheelchair seemed to be pushed forward slowly in this ancient, damp stone cavern.

Behind him, the twisted corpses of the lizardmen, terrified to death by their own fears, littered the dark cavern ground, and these savage and ancient creatures had no idea what they had dug all the way down to what precious and terrible things they had dug up.

That's what Benedictas ultimately desires...

Once upon a time, he was also a young man who was full of desire for life and destiny, he had a sincere devotion to the Light, a dedication to faith, he had the best teachers, and he was immersed in the great teachings of the Light every day, however, a truly intelligent person would not be blinded by faith, and the more he studied, the more he discovered that the shadows behind the Light, the chaos of light and darkness, were like a chaotic singularity, swallowing everything he had.

Benedictas is a cultist, he is the second leader of the Twilight Hammer in addition to the ogre Gugar, countless people have speculated about his beliefs, many believe that he worships Enzos, the demon of a thousand beards...

However, it's not...

In the depths of Benedictas's heart, it is not so much that he worships an ancient god itself, but that he worships the essence of the void, and after decades of research, Benedictas has realized a truth, the ancient gods are just minions of the void, and their powerful power is essentially just an external manifestation of the endless void.

And the true nature of the void is deeper than those of the ancient gods.

Like Gugar, he claims to be the most sincere believer in the Elder Gods, however, he does not believe in the Elder Gods, he is an unbeliever... Or rather, a follower of pure Void Power.

"Many of the ancient traditions of the ancestors did not sink to the bottom, they just lurked in the dark and cold water, and they will eventually return to the surface..."

Benedictas, who was in a wheelchair, spoke to himself in the dark, as if he were talking to someone he couldn't see:

"The world needs to move forward, but some wise people don't move forward, they don't blindly walk into strange places that no one has ever been, hehe, we're going to go back... Go in search of those ancient dark wisdoms. ”

"Only what has been tempered by time is the most reliable, and that is the best blessing that our ancestors gave to future generations..."

"Come, stop!"

Just as Benedictas entered the deepest part of the damp stone cavern, into the temple that was as vast and vast as a divine space, filled with the power of the blue Titans, the moment his wheelchair entered the temple, a deep voice sounded at the front of the temple.

It was a strange being similar to the Moorik, it looked like a body made of rock, carved into the shape of the Moor, and as one of the most knowledgeable people in the power of the Void, Benedictas could easily feel the weak, but real, power of order in the body of the rock giant in front of him.

It's a Titan Guardian... Certainly not a god of myths and legends that circulate throughout the world, it should be a secondary guardian.

Without a doubt, it guards the greatest secret and most dangerous treasure in all of Pandaria.

"It's a rare thing to be a vain believer."

The Guardian, who had been so weakened by some kind of power that he had been here for so long, stared at Benedictas and let out a contemptuous voice:

"Thousands of years later, the will of mortals is still so fragile... What are you looking for here? Is it fate? ”

The Guardian shook his head, and said to Benedictas:

"Mortal, don't you see? While you are frantically pursuing fate, on the other side of the chasm, fate itself is retreating, and the harder you chase after it, the faster it retreats..."

"Go back, this is not where you should be, what you covet, not what you can control, you will be swallowed into it, completely chewed by the darkness, swallowed bones will not remain... Go back, while you can turn back. ”

"Trust me, Great Guardian."

Benedictas's wheelchair continued to move forward under the impetus of an invisible force, and he whispered:

"I want to turn back, too, but I've long since stepped into the abyss, at first, I was afraid of it, then, I got used to it, and finally, I pursued it, and the abyss told me that all the truth I sought was behind you... How do you let me go? ”

"Get out of the way! You can't stop me, so instead of falling here, you should stand aside and watch me touch the secrets of the void... It must have been a very beautiful scene. ”

Benedictas thought that the guardian in front of him would fight to the end, but he did not expect that, under his persuasion, the weak guardian would actually get out of the way behind it, and the huge stone man looked at Benedictas with a mocking gaze, and when the cultist touched the closed door, it whispered:

"You can't touch the secret you desire, you can't break the shackles of flesh and blood, I feel great pride in your will, that's your original sin, and this will kill you..."

In the face of the last persuasion of the Guardians, Benedictas lost his left eye, and a scarred face showed a smile of nonchalance, like a martyr who didn't care about anything:

"The risk of death is my problem, not yours."

"In the past, I have told myself more than once that I will be ready for the wonderful things that I can't keep up, the opportunities that I have missed, I will be ready for them to come again, waiting for them in the future of my life... I'll have a good chat with them when we meet again..."

"You see, now, my time has come... Am I going to give it up just because of death? ”

"Death, what's it?"

"Faith is everything, it burns our lives..."

Benedictas looked at the Stone Keeper next to him with the same sarcastic gaze, and he asked softly:

"Can you understand this sentiment?"

"Nope! You can't, all your self-perception is only given to you by your master, you have never had your own life and soul, you are just a puppet of order, you don't understand anything... You, and your brothers, are pitiful..."

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is:. Nine Heavenly God Emperors